>>16540181Bret didn't realize he had a concussion initially, so he kept working for a while right afterward and it got worse and worse. He was in really bad shape by the time he hung up the boots. Bret's heart wasn't really in it at that point regardless, because he had lost his brother Owen along with several of his friends in the industry, and he had been booked like shit in WCW. He really didn't want to work anymore and the concussions gave him the opportunity to retire.
